Lacrapro Hotel Ho Chi Minh City

... when I got accosted again by a very eager and rather camp bloke advertising a bar. He grabbed my arm like he was my new best friend and attempted to lead me off to the bar, babbling incessantly: "You handsome man!" he said, "You come for drink at my bar!" I told him I would refuse to on principle, now that he'd molested me, and after detangling myself continued walking. We found a quieter bar further down the road, took a table outside and ordered some beers. We had only been ...

... 5th day<br>No scooter hire. We walked the 1/2 mile into the small town. We called into a small pharmacy to get antibiotics for 'travellers diarrhea' Greg's had due to eating some of the 'excellent' seaford.<br><br>BACK TO HO CHI MINH<br><br>We returned to HCM for three nights. <br><br>1st day<br>Went on a trip to the Mekong Delta. After a 2 hour coach ride, the rest of the day was spent travelling by boat around the delta. With stops to see examples of local trades. Also ...

... im Mekongdelta untergenommen. Das war interessant aber ein wenig zu touristisch. Glucklicherweise waren wir nur 8 Jungen wahrend dem Abend, um bei einem Einwohner zu schlafen. Das war toll und wirklich authentisch. Wir haben mit ihnen gekocht und danach alles gegessen. Das war lecker. Die Nacht war lang, begleitet mit Bananaalkohol (tut ein wenig weh !). <br>Am Tag darauf haben wie einen blusigen Markt besucht und dann sind wieder nach Saigon ...

... expected) and emphasized the American's greed and deception. Unfortunately the museum began to close and I didn't have a chance to properly explore the rest of the exhibits, although I was able to get a good look at the outdoor prison exhibit on my way out.<br><br>Feeling better, I had booked a Mekong Delta one day tour on Tuesday night. Luckily, my eyes were significantly better on Wednesday and I was even able to put contact lenses in. The Mekong Delta is the region southwest of ...

... and had me drag her across roads, abstaining from the stress that contemplating traffic caused (dejavu?). She insisted we stop before she went insane, so I sat her down with a cool coconut shake to her lips, until she regained her cool. I then only had to cross her over a few roads to get back to our guest house, where it was decided that we would leave Saigon first thing the next morning.

... durante la guerra e le cause che gli agenti chimici utilizzati nella stessa hanno impattato sulle nuove nascite), il palazzo della riunificazione (simbolo del governo sud vietnamita), il palazzo del comitato del popolo (oggi utilizzato in parte come hotel), il teatro municipale. Dopo questo mega giro ( 55 km), ci meritiamo un mega pranzo... vogliamo provare il miglior "Banh Xeo" della citta' che e' una crep preparata con ...

... it was so funny!<br>We got to Chaweng in Koh Samui early evening.... we'd been boasting to the other half of the gang how we were going to have this amazing night out there while they'd be stuck on a bus.... but we all crashed out and had an early night! I watched Ghost!<br><br>The next day we got the ferry over to Koh Phangan... thankfully by the time we got there the rest of the guys had already got there and sorted out accomodation (which is usually a nightmare at full moon party time ...

... we saw were two bikes with cages on the back packed full of live dogs which were going off for slaughter, it really turned my stomach. Our guide told us that restaurants with "cho" written outside specialise in dog meat, and as we came back through the suburbs of the city (away from the tourist areas) we saw lots of Cho restaurants. <br><br>Our guide told us that 40 people a day die on the roads in accidents in the whole of Vietnam, it sounded a lot, but having witnessed the ...

... sneak in for free. The club was pretty poor though. It did offer some funny sights though - namely one girl being surrounded by three incredibly ugly guys all dancing sleazily as if they were sharing her. [Rich: I thought it was 4 brothers and their sister, it was wrong, very, very, wrong! I did manage to sneak into one of their photos. By 'sneak', I mean jump right behind their group pulling a thumbs up pose and a cheesy grin. They looked very confused when they looked back at ...

... and across the road to that - the also French-styled main Post Office, set in a very impressive building. As you could probably have guessed, there is a very heavy French influence here, a remnant from their colonial days. As much as we dislike them, their influences did lend to some pretty admirable buildings. <br><br>On way back to the 'guesthouse' where we're staying, got the news about our second First of the holiday ( :-D ), and so decided ...